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10» tall where one song (for
example. "That Much Closer to Hell") ends and
ssocher toh. say. "Michael Meyers "i begin*
At its best. Ksrmic Debt ' resembles early. early
Nirvana. like ""Aero Zeppelin" played on a
Walkman with nearly dead batteries kind of cool
if you're in the mood, grating otherwise At worst,
which is sbout two-thirds of the album, it lapaes
unto stereoCyptcml death rock, mostly a tortoise
speedit
s noCable for one of the more interesting bass
sounds of the decade, but otherwise not recom
mended
— Todd Wicks
A Rochester HUis resident. Todd Wicks is a *tu
dent 3U .WwrAigan Stale L rmernty
Back in the Day: The Best of
Bootsy — Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins is the
American legend that few
people know He has been
involved in writing some of
the moat recognizable l and
sampled) riffs in music aa a
member of the Parliament
Funkadelic. but he is still
not known as such.
Warner Bros. Archives
hopes to change that with
"Back in the Day: The Best
of Bootsy " It camaa on the
P Funk tradition with the
funky grooMss aad crazy lyrics that have influenced
thousands of bands and si bums the world
over, aad h shows why Bootsy is considered "the
down prince of funk."
"Back ia the Day" is aa laaantial collection for
mmmmamm fresh to ths (oak. It gfreea aa oesmsw of
riy aaia material. cowtaiaiagaoaae
aa "The Wiatckii Theory;" "Boots!
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i tha grooves, from tha hornaafPred Wesley
aad Macao Parker to the keyboards af Benin
Wimifl. ast to aaKiaa tha am an ng baas work by
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the
Back ia ths Day" is alao aa lacredible party
jadtracfc guaranteed to mmka boatiaa of all ag
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Gringo Honeymoon
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CHBWTWA PUOOO. MIMC warns
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Duo helps market 'Christmas'
• A brother and sister have
teamed up to form their own
music distribution business
that is helping a Grammynominated
musician from Rochester
reissue his 1991
recording, "An Intimate
Christmas."
BY KYLS G M I >
Srsi IAI. Warns
4 • The mailbox has
become a vital vehicle
for the retail
industry over the
last few i ywv
counting g forbil forbt
lions ot dollars
worth of sales. Tbe simple housing
object allows people to shop in the
comfort of their own surroundings
by a catalog and telephone, while
postal employees do sll the leg work
With that thought, a brother/sister
team hope to make the gift giving
season more musically appealing,
even if postal carriers have to work a
little harder
Derek and Debbie Hood, formerly
Farmington Hills residents, sre
msrketing s local jazz musician's
holiday music release which the two
hope will launch their independent
business. To Daze Music, into other
musics] sngles.
Now ceo weeks before the gift giving
day. the two have sold more than
1,500 cassettes snd compact discs of
"An Intimate Christmas" by Jim
Bsjor, s Rochester resident and a
former Grammy Award nominee.
The releases will appear in stock
ings in the Detroit area, throughout
the slate, across North America and
even in independent music retail
outlets in Los Angeles, San Francis
co snd New York City.
We sre coast-to-coast now. (Debbie
snd I) sre worried, to be honest,
thst we will run out of material, but
we are not to that point yet." said
Derek, a 1963 North Farmington
High School graduate who started
the distributing company from his
Royal Oak apartment about aiz
months ago.
The distribution radius is not a
surprise to Derek, who used s 600
nsme mailing list to issue order
forms through the postal system for
the release, originally issued in 1991
with solid music reviews and equal -
ly matching buyer appeal.
Tha release now sells for $7 99 for
cassette snd >11.99 for compact disc
through a mail order. Shipping aad
handling coats are included aad the
release can be order gift wrapped at
no extra coat.
Reaching oat
"We are not a big corporation; we
are local and we are reaching out to
people who might not have heard of
(Beyor's music) before," aaid Deb
hie, a 1976 North Farmington High
STIKH graduate.
"An Intiminate Christmas."
\
Wrapping away. Debbie Hood and her brother Derek, formerly of Farmington Hills, wrap tapes
in his Royal Oak apartment for their company. To Daze Music, which sells Grammy nominee
and Rochester resident Jim Bajor's jazz cassettes and CDs of Christmas music,entitled"An
Intimate Christmas."
which contains 12 holiday songs
erith Bajor playing solo piano aa
well as accompanied by a jazz ensemble,
was originally issued under
Bajor's own Rochester-baaed recording
label, JBX Records. The company
folded a few yean ago. leaving
Bajor at odda with hia then two
business partners.
In order to avoid a court- taged
legal battle, the trio settled out of
court, leaving him with a back log of
releases, including the third press
ing to the 1991 holiday music re-
Earlier this year Bajor eras signed
to s seven-year contract erith the instrumental-based
Sugo Music
recording label. Previous JBX releases
were picked up and included
in Sugo's library.
"An Intiminate Christmas" waa
not.
Derek, an inspiring musician
himeetf. recently joined forces with
Bqjor, who has received notoriety
from being featured on local radio
personality Alan AI mood's "Pillow
Talk" program and reoeived a
Grammy nomination for hia 1966 release
"Awakening." Derek decided
the mailing list would provide the
opportune avenue for reissuing the
Bajor needed little convincing.
knowing hia assistsnt pa th
solid business and marketing tech
niquee i
'Great idea'
"1 thought it was s great idea. A
lot of the time I don't put the pieces
of the puzzle together because I tend
to focus on (the creative) end and
Derek set me down and explained
that this waa a solid move." he aaid.
"With Derek involved I knew it
would fly.".
Marketing this release does not
interfere with his current recording
contract, Bajor said.
To Daze Music sctually began
with a slight push from Derek who
convinced his older aiater Debbie, a
medical assistant, to collaborate on
the business venture. To Daxe Music
began in the middle of the summer
with the two compiling names
and addresses, drafting fliers and
order forms and acquiring a poet office
box and voice mail apace.
Debbie, who con fee sea to having
no marketing or selling experience,
is finding the venture educational.
"I've learned a lot," Debbie aaid.
"It la really interesting to aee how
much creativity can go into tha
project-1 guess i have learned that a
dream begins with small thought.
Before (Derek) wanted ms to get out
into he spotlight. He thinks I can
ainf aad dance or act or managa . . .
but I juat haven't been trained for it
and my heart skips when I think of
it."
ID the near future the sibling
team hopes to expand To Daxe Music's
catalog to carry other independent
local musicians snd works
from artists. Currently, "An Intimate
Chriatmaa" ia a good launching
point for the company.
"It is unique in the sense that ere
are repreeenting one musician, but
we have to keep in our heads that
this is a side line business and that
we have to treat it aa such, and we
will be selling other people's muaic,
especially whan some record stores
won't take on local artists unless
they are on labels from New York or
L-A-," Derek said. "So we are really
doing some thing of a favor."
Bajor knows he ia not taking a
hand-out, instead he ia just happy
to be sharing mora holiday cheer, a
secood time around.
"I have been collecting Christmas
music for years now snd everyone
has an album out now. . . everyone
except Madonna haa ooe," said Bajor.
who also has his own Sugo holiday
muaic releaee, "Chriatmaa
Memories," aa well aa appearing oo
other holiday music compilations.
"It sastns aa if people always want
Christmas muaic even though they
know the songs, it sounds different
when performed by others," he aaid.
To hear a sample of "An Intimate
Christmas," call (BIO) 901-6643
1-2 punch sends Veruca Salt to top
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Veruca Salt'»
debut "American Thighs"on the Minty
Freeh label in Chicago has lead them to a
record deal with DGC, a division of Oeffen
BY CHKMTWA FUOCO
ST ATT WsrTKS
Chicago aharaapopatare Veruca Salt
mercy Mueically. they quietly slither along until
exploding into a wail of guitars, high-pitched bar
Nina Gordon aad Louiae Poet's ooe-two vocal
punch oo tha eingfe "Soother" captivated radio pro
granuaers earlier thia answer. When Chicago's
Minty Freeh label seot Veruce Salt's full length
Thighs" to
tok out the heavy artillery to
fight far Veruca Salt. The winner David Oeffea's
DOC reoorda, but not after a round oi leasing by
Veruca Sab
Sitting in a droe 1970e chair la the
at St. Andrew's Hall, Gordon ia
far a rail thin lag
-la toying to talk
Roee'a naarfrfcirfc about bow tha V
"Wa'ia aet
hero. ("You're ao nice you tie me up ia a web aad
cradle me 'til dawn. You're ao deadly that 1 can aee
your breath beneath me wheo you're gone. You're
ao windy I'd like to pin you down and tack you to
the wall.")
"Seether" tells of aa indeecriheble pant-up anger
that Gordon anmstimas can't keep inside ("I try to
rock her la lay cradle I toy to knock her eat. I toy to
cram her back ia my mouth. Can't fight the eeeth
ar. Can't fight the eeether. Coat fight the seether I
can't aaa bar 'til It'a foaming at the
Tbe song went on to be wildly successful in Detroit
and MTV threw the video, directed by Red
Rod Maot singsr Tim Rutilli. into the eavetad Buxa
Bin. Not bod far a song that Oordoo though
I menu only should he submitted
two weeks in advance to: Chriatina
Fuoco, 36261 Schoolcraft,
Lwoma, MI 48160, or by fax at
(313) 681-7&B, To ensure publication.
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